Critics say UMN admins overpaid, too numerous
A Minnesota Daily article about campus consternation over University of Minnesota administrative salaries, possible administrative bloat and confusion over who does exactly what job, quotes regent Steve Sviggum questioning the system:
“Does every school need its own communications staff? Does every school need its own fundraising staff? Does every school need its own … human resources staff? ... When you start looking at aggregate, the number and the salaries, and then the assistants and the legislative assistants, you have to start shaking your head a little bit."
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